Best Psychological Horror games on PC
Games tagged Psychological Horror use disturbing themes, uncertainty, or altered perceptions to create tension. They range from story-focused visual novels to first-person co-op horror and action games, so the tag describes tone more than one style of play.
- Unsettling themes and tense situations
- Psychological distress or distorted reality
Related: Horror, Survival Horror, Story Rich, First-Person
4,117 games on PC, with requirements, reviews and prices.
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Wick
First-person survival horror built around candlelight and evading forest ghosts
87% positive
575 reviews
Night Book
Live-action occult thriller shaped by your choices during video calls
68% positive
575 reviews
Paper Bride 4 Bound Love
Chinese folklore horror game about solving Yichang Town's mysteries
77% positive
575 reviews
Demo Tales From Off-Peak City Vol. 1
Surreal first-person adventure about pizza deliveries and neighborhood secrets
98% positive
574 reviews
Trash Horror Collection
A horror anthology mixing psychological mysteries with crude slasher comedy
94% positive
574 reviews
Fungiman
First-person survival horror about stealing donuts from a forest creature
90% positive
Free
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
Live-action murder mystery where you question a dead psychiatrist's patients
82% positive
570 reviews
Tsugunohi
Side-scrolling Japanese horror where walking left brings increasingly strange encounters
74% positive
570 reviews
Giggleland
First-person psychological horror in a park promising endless happiness
71% positive
568 reviews
Heaven Does Not Respond
Psychological horror investigation through a corrupted computer and playable memories
90% positive
568 reviews
12 bananas
A challenging 2D platformer about recovering twelve lost bananas
84% positive
Free
Demo Discolored
First-person puzzle adventure about restoring color to a roadside diner
79% positive
566 reviews
Pushing it! Together - Sisyphus Co-op
Third-person co-op platformer about pushing a boulder uphill together
50% positive
565 reviews
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[Chilla's Art] The Kidnap | 誘拐事件
VHS-style psychological horror from an elementary school child's perspective
84% positive
563 reviews
I'm on Observation Duty 2
Surveillance horror built around spotting and reporting changes in rooms
91% positive
562 reviews
Little Girl On Earth Asking Why She Asking Why
A philosophical visual novel about a girl's questions on existence
94% positive
562 reviews
Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity
2D survival horror with Souls-like combat in a fog-covered manor
80% positive
560 reviews
Moon Mystery
First-person shooter with puzzles and vehicles across alien worlds
66% positive
560 reviews
Demo Mr. Pumpkin 2: Kowloon walled city
Point-and-click puzzle adventure about escaping Kowloon Walled City
92% positive
558 reviews
Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass
Turn-based RPG with monster transformations and a child's nightmares
93% positive
557 reviews
H.I.A: Horror Investigation Agency
Co-op horror investigation with evidence to find and monsters to evade
50% positive
Free
Demo The Skin Stapler
Horror walking simulator alternating between detective work and survival
90% positive
557 reviews
The Fabulous Fear Machine
A narrative strategy game about spreading fear through urban legends
89% positive
556 reviews
Untitled Ghost Game
Top-down ghost hunting with equipment, environmental clues, and online co-op
90% positive
Free